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"Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:49 pm
by Bighouse
What's the history behind the "lawsuit" quote?
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/msg/1263940310.html
I'm sure RIC won...right?
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:52 pm
by Bighouse
this just looks all wrong to me...
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/1260566354.html
That bolt plate looks so tragic on what are otherwise very sexy lines on an instrument.
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:52 pm
by johnallg
Yup. Flagged. Both.
The Ibanez has the nicest wood of all the copies.
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:53 pm
by Bighouse
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:55 pm
by Bighouse
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:56 pm
by johnallg
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:02 pm
by Bighouse
johnallg wrote:
Golly, a real one....
yeah...it's nice to stumble on a legit one from time to time huh? I was starting to feel a bit queezy.
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:02 pm
by ajish4
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:13 pm
by windchimp
Looks like something Rick Nielsen would strap on!
Edit: Do'oh! just saw your other thread!
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:16 pm
by marc61
He's using "Lawsuit" to define an era in the 70's where copies were made in mass of the major brands.
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:18 pm
by ajish4
windchimp wrote:
Looks like something Rick Nielsen would strap on!
Edit: Do'oh! just saw your other thread!
That's OK ROSS, I posted it AFTER this one, I figured many folks would MISS THIS GEM in this topic!
Kinda makes me sea-sick! LOL
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:25 pm
by Bighouse
marc61 wrote:
He's using "Lawsuit" to define an era in the 70's where copies were made in mass of the major brands.
Ah, so all the manufacturers were up against the same thing, not just RIC? I'm assuming they have all since obtained copyright/trademarks up the mono jack since then?
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:00 am
by cjj
Nope! In fact, just a few months ago, Fender tried to claim copyright/trademark status for a number of their designs but since they had allowed copies from so many for so long, the designs were deemed to be in the public domain. That's why RIC goes after copies so aggressively, if they didn't, they'd lose the rights all together...
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:10 am
by Bighouse
Ah, that makes sense. Fender established a precident for consistent copyright infringement...RIC didn't.
Re: "Lawsuit" Ric copy???
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:06 am
by seyesbass
Heres a Kimbara faker from a review in International Musician 1978.
Says its a "pre production sample".
I remember seeing a Jazz bass of theirs but not the Rickenfaker.
Its almost unthinkable now that anyone would attempt such a hardfaced rip off.
The hard work Rickenbacker put into protecting their copyright seems to have paid off.
